- Wind turbine modelling provide key opportunity for decarbonisation
Cost competitive against many conventional technologies
- Multiple actors
Parameters
05 July, 2017
Cost competitive against many conventional technologies
Parameters
Site developers:
- Largely concerned about **Economic** parameters - Sites endowment - Easy to understand
Local parties:
- **Social** and **Environmental** concerns - Visual intrusion of sites - Difficult to assess
[1] J. R. Janke, "Multicriteria GIS modeling of wind and solar farms in Colorado," Renew. Energy, vol. 35, pp. 2228-2234, 2010.
[2] J. J. W. Watson and M. D. Hudson, "Regional Scale wind farm and solar farm suitability assessment using GIS-assisted multi-criteria evaluation," Landsc. Urban Plan., vol. 138, pp. 20-31, 2015.Location of Wind Turbines used within the analysis
| Variable | Full | Reduced | Nested: England | Nested: Scotland | Nested: Wales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observations | 1476 | 1476 | 646 | 698 | 132 |
| Parameters | 27 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Nagelkirke R2 | 0.11 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| Pearson Chi-squared | 113.7 | 111.9 | 51.5 | 89.3 | 25.9 |
| Residual deviance | 1932 | 1932 | 833 | 895 | 157 |
| Model Accuracy | 60% | 62% | 60% | 65% | 57% |
Use the results from the analysis
Michael Harper Sustainable Energy Research Group, University of Southampton Email: m.harper@soton.ac.uk Twitter: @MikeyLHarper
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